October 10, 2025, 7:35 am | Read time: 3 minutes

I really wanted to stay open-minded. Honestly. I was ready to give Liam Hemsworth a fair chance as the new Geralt of Rivia. After all, it’s not his fault that Henry Cavill decided (or it was decided for him) that it was time to paint Warhammer 40K figures instead of continuing to hunt monsters.

So I watched the first trailer for Season 4–hoping the magic might capture me again. But instead, it felt like I was watching a ridiculous parody of “The Witcher.” Everything seems… wrong. The gestures, the look, even the timing of the one-liners and Geralt’s quiet grunts. It’s as if someone filmed a fan fiction with a AI-generated Geralt.

And–I don’t mean this in a bad way–Liam Hemsworth looks like the Witcher version you order from Wish and are too lazy to return. The look just isn’t right. The face lacks the right hardness, the eyes the right anger, and even the wig seems to know it’s landed on the wrong scalp. Henry Cavill was Geralt–that grumpy yet charismatic muscle-bound package with a latent nerd glow. Liam, on the other hand, seems like a cosplaying brother wearing foam armor because metal was too expensive.

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Henry Cavill Remains Geralt for Me

Of course, acting is more than just looks. But “The Witcher” thrives on that exact mix of rugged coolness, quiet melancholy, and nerdy precision. Cavill knew, loved, and lived the lore. Hemsworth, on the other hand? He seems like he just worked through a YouTube recap of the first three seasons and now hopes no one notices how little he knows about the School of the Wolf.

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Maybe it’s not just Hemsworth. Maybe the series has simply passed its prime. Even in Season 3, you could feel it: The magic–both figuratively and literally–is gone. And if Netflix now thinks they can fix it with a new face, it shows one thing above all: that they understand Geralt as little as many dialogue writers did from Season 2 onward.

I’m out. Not because I have anything against Liam Hemsworth–he can’t help not being Henry Cavill. But because I don’t want to watch another season of a once-great series slowly crumble to dust. “The Witcher” has lost its magic–and no “Aard” sign in the world will bring it back.

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